The investigation by police still is ongoing, but police said it has revealed no wrongdoing by Crishon.

The 25-year-old man wounded on the sidewalk had prior convictions for theft, receiving stolen property and simple assault. Police found Crishon’s gun on the sidewalk, but officers have not recovered the other gun used in the incident.

Crishon was devoted to his longtime girlfriend, Shontel McCullough, and three children, relatives said. His high school-aged son posted on Facebook that his father had “never missed a beat”, taught him how to ride a bike and was the reason he played sports.

The father-son duo was planning to travel back to Detroit Michigan this summer, where Crishon lived as a young boy, but “they took my pops,” the son wrote on Facebook. “Now I know what it feels like to not have a dad and it’s hurting me.”

Crishon moved to Harrisburg as a teenager and attended the main Harrisburg high school, according to his adopted mother Cathy Terry Pitts. She said he was active in sports and started working after he graduated from high school.

“He was a father that always pushed his kids to do well in school and sports,” Pitts said. “He wasn’t into the streets or gangs. He was just a father trying to raise his kids the best way he knew how.”

Ralph Rodriguez said he met Crishon at a community recording studio, where they collaborated on various tracks.

"He was always into music," Rodriguez said. "He always had ideas for harmonies he wanted to get out there."

Crishon gravitated toward R&B and hip hop styles of music. While he could come up with great rap lyrics, he also had a fantastic singing voice that he could use in any style of music, Rodriguez said.

“He had a talent for all genres,” Rodriguez said.

Besides recording together, Rodriguez said he also worked out at the gym with Crishon, who was interested in fitness.

Crishon always took care of his three children, Rodriguez said, and was only out late last week because he had just gotten off work.

"That was pretty much his routine," Rodriguez said of stopping at City Gas after his night shift. "Unfortunately, he ran into a kid up to no good who felt as if he needed Corey's money. Its' really a sad day to lose a law-abiding citizen like this.”

Crishon’s obituary published Thursday said Crishon worked for the Liquor Control Board, was a Detroit Lions fan and enjoyed skating, cooking, music and reading.

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